merguez
/mɛəˈɡɛz/
"merguez" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“merguez” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A red, spicy sausage from North Africa, made with lamb or beef.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | merguez |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɛəˈɡɛz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “merguez” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
merguez is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɛəˈɡɛz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A red, spicy sausage from North Africa, made with lamb or beef.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for merguez, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French merguez, from Algerian Arabic مرقاز (margāz). The correct English form is merguez, spelled M-E-R-G-U-E-Z.
Definition
- 1A red, spicy sausage from North Africa, made with lamb or beef.
Etymology
From French merguez, from Algerian Arabic مرقاز (margāz).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “merguez”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-E-R-G-U-E-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.